public health heroes instalment 1 (more are coming)
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Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer
Discovered the link between smoking and lung cancer
Sir Richard Doll
Sir Richard Doll
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
A founding father of epidemiology, Dr Snow linked cholera to contaminated water supplies
John Snow
A founding father of epidemiology, Dr Snow linked cholera to contaminated water supplies
John Snow
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Pioneered the smallpox vaccine and was one of the founders of immunology
Pioneered the smallpox vaccine and was one of the founders of immunology
Edward Jenner
Edward Jenner
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Major contributions to social determinants of health and inequalities, epidemiology of non communicable disease (e.g. heart disease)
Major contributions to social determinants of health and inequalities, epidemiology of non communicable disease (e.g. heart disease)
Sir Michael Marmot
Sir Michael Marmot
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Sanitary pioneer, influential in creating the Public Health Act 1948 , first president of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, which is now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Sanitary pioneer, influential in creating the Public Health Act 1948 , first president of the Association of Public Sanitary Inspectors, which is now the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Sir Edwin Chadwick
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Developed the first successful polio vaccine
Developed the first successful polio vaccine
Jonas Salk
Jonas Salk
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
From tuberculosis studies he advocated for and became one of the founding fathers of evidence based medicine
From tuberculosis studies he advocated for and became one of the founding fathers of evidence based medicine
Archie Cochrane
Archie Cochrane
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Founder of modern nursing and first female member of the Royal Statistical Association
Founder of modern nursing and first female member of the Royal Statistical Association
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Discovered penicillin, which revolutionised our ability to treat infection
Discovered penicillin, which revolutionised our ability to treat infection
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Medieval merchant and a politician, four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London financed drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers
Medieval merchant and a politician, four times Lord Mayor of London, a Member of Parliament and a sheriff of London financed drainage systems in poor areas of medieval London, and a hospital ward for unmarried mothers
Richard Whittington
Richard Whittington
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Founded the National Health Service in the UK, which for the first time provided universal medical care free at point-of-need
Founded the National Health Service in the UK, which for the first time provided universal medical care free at point-of-need
Aneurin Bevan
Aneurin Bevan
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Fighting the damaging effects of urban poverty and ignorance in New York City, she is credited with saving the lives of 90,000 inner city children
Fighting the damaging effects of urban poverty and ignorance in New York City, she is credited with saving the lives of 90,000 inner city children
Sara Josephine Baker
Sara Josephine Baker
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Known as the “Father of Western medicine” he established medicine as a profession and greatly advanced the study of clinical medicine
Known as the “Father of Western medicine” he established medicine as a profession and greatly advanced the study of clinical medicine
Hippocrates
Hippocrates
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
A founder of modern demography, he developed the first life table, an actuarial tool that allows the calculation of life expectancies
A founder of modern demography, he developed the first life table, an actuarial tool that allows the calculation of life expectancies
John Graunt
John Graunt
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Discoveries of principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurisation
Discoveries of principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurisation
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Coining the term ‘public health nursing’, she lived and worked in deprived communities providing nursing and training
Coining the term ‘public health nursing’, she lived and worked in deprived communities providing nursing and training
Lilian Wald
Lilian Wald
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Identified causal agents of TB, cholera and anthrax. Created Koch’s postulates for linking microorganisms to particular diseases
Identified causal agents of TB, cholera and anthrax. Created Koch’s postulates for linking microorganisms to particular diseases
Robert Koch
Robert Koch
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
A founder of social medicine, he stated that “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale
A founder of social medicine, he stated that “Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing else but medicine on a large scale
Rudolph Virchow
Rudolph Virchow
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Created the London sewer network that led to the eradication of cholera
Created the London sewer network that led to the eradication of cholera
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Pioneer of clinical trials, discovered that citrus fruit prevent scurvy
Pioneer of clinical trials, discovered that citrus fruit prevent scurvy
James Lind
James Lind
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Founder of modern medicine, took training on to the wards
Founder of modern medicine, took training on to the wards
Sir William Osler
Sir William Osler
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Early medical statistician and epidemiologist, compiled mortality statstics and conclusively linked cholera to contaminated water
Early medical statistician and epidemiologist, compiled mortality statstics and conclusively linked cholera to contaminated water
William Farr
William Farr
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Anthropologist and doctor who has dedicated his career to improving healthcare in developing countries
Anthropologist and doctor who has dedicated his career to improving healthcare in developing countries
Paul Farmer
Paul Farmer
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Anthropologist and doctor responsible for major advances in treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Anthropologist and doctor responsible for major advances in treatment of HIV/AIDS in Africa
Jim Yong Kim
Jim Yong Kim
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Founder of Gapminder.org, brining development and public health issues to a wider audience
Founder of Gapminder.org, brining development and public health issues to a wider audience
Hans Rosling
Hans Rosling
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
For the work of the Gates Foundation on infectious diseases in developing countries
For the work of the Gates Foundation on infectious diseases in developing countries
Bill & Melinda Gates
Bill & Melinda Gates
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Persisting with the universal healthcare agenda
Persisting with the universal healthcare agenda
Barack Obama
Barack Obama
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Social reformer first Minister of Health responsible for 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act which introduced council housing
Social reformer first Minister of Health responsible for 1919 Housing and Town Planning Act which introduced council housing
Christopher Addison
Christopher Addison
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Social philanthropist founded the Peabody Trust to provide dwellings for London’s poor
Social philanthropist founded the Peabody Trust to provide dwellings for London’s poor
George Peabody
George Peabody
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
As the Mayor of New York City he introduced radical policies to tackle the obesity epidemic and protect citizens from the harms of tobacco
As the Mayor of New York City he introduced radical policies to tackle the obesity epidemic and protect citizens from the harms of tobacco
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Promoted women’s’ reproductive rights through access to family planning services and contraception
Promoted women’s’ reproductive rights through access to family planning services and contraception
Marie Stopes
Marie Stopes
Public Health Heroes
Public Health Heroes
Nursing in the crimean war, pioneered nursing care for infectious diseases such as cholera in Panama and yellow fever in Jamaica
Nursing in the crimean war, pioneered nursing care for infectious diseases such as cholera in Panama and yellow fever in Jamaica
Mary Seacole
Mary Seacole
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